Science can answer moral questions

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Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

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Sam Harris·Neuroscientist, philosopher

Sam Harris's work focuses on how our growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.

Sam Harris's work focuses on how our growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.